A - Pours black with a mocha colored foam. No lacing. No visible carbonation; just an inky black glass of yummy.

S - Scents of roasted malt with a sweetness of the honey used in the brewing. Has a slight coffee scent; bitter.

T - Initial taste is sweet; Almost sugary. The next thing I noticed is a rich malty flavor that was roasted, but also a chocolatey sweet flavor. Ends with a bitterness that has a slight coffee bean taste.

M - Smooth, buit hits a bit heavier than it should. For some its a benefit, but I founbd it a little unbalanced.

O - If Port Jeff makes this with any regularity I'll buy it. I wasn't a fan of the Low Tide, but this is a well made beer that might even do better with more age on it. (773 characters)

American Porter is not my favorite style - there's some really nice ones but not a lot of differentiation amongst the rest IMO. The Port Jeff offering looks nice - ebony body, creamy chocolate lace with some nice retention. Aromas of dry cocoa, roast and char. The flavor profile is standard - heavy on the roast, nice lingering flavors of char and cocoa. A touch of cola, green leaf hops, burnt espresso. A fine Porter - not upper echelon but worked well for me on a rainy night. (493 characters)

Pours a very deep dark brown color with a minimal beige head that settles into a light ring.

The aroma has a nice earthy wood aroma with some light coffee and brown sugar. Some toasted pumpernickle with honey. Earthy yet bright, simple yet good.

The taste is of a bready toasted pumpernickle. Some light dry tea like flavors that appear in most porters. Nice woody flavor with a shot of weak coffee. It states that it is brewed with honey but doesn't really display that in the taste.

The feel is light to moderate with semi-prickly carbonation. Its sweet yet earthy and dry, so good balance. Perhaps a touch too thin and too dry.

A really solid porter here. It is not a stout in disguise but an honest earthy porter that is drinkable yet has some substance. (764 characters)

Had this on tap and in a 22 oz. bottle. Drinking in a glass poured from the bottle right now, and that is what I will be reviewing. I may have enjoyed it more on tap, though.

Reminiscent of cola, yet... black. No light shines through. Yippee!

I can't decide what I want to say for smell. It has something to it, maybe vanilla? But it mostly smells like... beer. It's neither pleasant nor off putting.

The taste is thankfully an improvement. The vanilla goes away a bit, here. Malts come to mind, a nice dark and full-bodied malt taste, with hints (and I mean hints) of sweetness of vanilla, and perhaps chocolate too.

Mouthfeel is good. Kind of... sticks around, lets you know you've just had something to drink.

A: The beer is very dark amber in color. It poured with a half finger high tan head that died down and left a ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass.S: Light to moderate aromas of dark, roasted malts are present in the nose.T: The taste is similar to the smell but the flavors are stronger and have notes of chocolate malts along with a light amount of bitterness.M: It feels nearly medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.O: This beer has some nice roasted malt flavors but is still very easy to drink. (578 characters)

I truly loved this porter. Tastes of dark chocolate with some hints of raisin and dried figs. Balanced toward sweet but not lacking in bitterness For all its richness it drank rather quickly and got so much better as it warmed up. I will buy this again (252 characters)